In September 2014 AUTSYM 2014 took place for the seventh time at Wismar University. Having been organized by the teaching department of ATM headed by Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Olaf Simanski and Prof. Dr.-Ing. Peter Dünow the exchange of experiences to which 18 collegiate research teams and 11 industrial enterprises decisively contributed could succeed. In the autumn of 2017 this tradition will be continued.